The Green Party is considering a ban on circumcision for young children who might be considered ‘not old enough to make an informed choice’.
Zack Polanski‘s party’s Health Policy Working Group (HPWG) launched a consultation seeking views on whether parents should only be allowed to consent to the irreversible surgical procedure on a child ‘if that procedure is medically necessary’.
Circumcision is a medical procedure common in Jewish and Muslim communities, often undertaken eight days after a child is born.
The Green Party HPWG is also consulting on whether ‘non-therapeutic male circumcision should only be performed on children who are old enough to make
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